International Business

KENNETH AMAESHI Senior Lecturer in Strategy & International Business at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UKFREDERICK AHEN Researcher at the University of Turku, FinlandTAMER CAVUSGIL Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair and Director at the Institute of International Business, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, USA DIANA A. FILIPESCU Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Foundation, Spain LAN GAO Research Associate in the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UKPERVEZ N. GHAURI Professor at Kings College, University of London, UKBIRGIT HAGEN Researcher at the University of Pavia, ItalyYONG KYU LEW Doctoral Researcher at the Comparative and International Business Research Centre, Manchester Business School - Centre for International Business Education and Research, UKJIA LI Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UKLING LIU Lecturer at University of Edinburgh Business SchoolXIAO HUILIU Professor of international business at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UKVOLKER MAHNKE Professor of International Business and Director of Research at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UKFRANK MCDONALD Professor of International Business at Bradford University School of Management and Director of the Bradford Centre in International Business, UKJORGE MONGAY Lecturer of International Business at Autonomous University of Barcelona, SpainNIINA NUMMELA Professor of International Business at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, FinlandTAEKYUNG PARK Lecturer of strategic management at Yeungnam University, South KoreaSAMI SAARENKETO Professor of International Marketing at the School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, FinlandTHOR SIGFUSSON PhD student in International Business at the University of Iceland, IcelandRUDOLF R. SINKOVICS Professor of International Business and co-director of the Comparative and International Business Research Centre at Manchester Business School, UKYUE XU Lecturer on International Business at the Hull University Business School, UKANTONELLA ZUCCHELLA Professor of Marketing and International Entrepreneurship at the University of Pavia, Italy

• List of Illustrations Foreword; H.Tüselmann Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction; S.Harris , O.Kuivalainen & V.Stoyanova PART I: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF CSR IN EMERGING MARKETS; K.Amaeshi & V.Stoyanova Are Corruption and Ease of Doing Business Correlated? An Analysis of 172 Nations; J.Mongay & D.A.Filipescu 'Old Wine in New Bottles?' The Meaning and Drivers of CSR in SMEs in a Transition Economy; V.Stoyanova Second-Best Institutions and Global Sustainability; F.Ahen PART II: THE NRE CHALLENGES OF ODI IN CHINA; L.Liu The Internationalization of Chinese State Owned Enterprises: What Challenges do They Face?; L.Gao & X.Liu The Formation of Chinese Outward FDI Strategy in Africa: A Historical Perspective; Y.Xu The Exporting Trading Companies from China: An Institutional-Based View; J.Li & L.Liu PART III: THE NEW FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESSES; O.Kuivalainen & S.Harris Switching Operation Mode – A Strategic Approach; N.Nummela & S.Saarenketo The International Growth of E-commerce Ventures; A.Zucchella & B.Hagen The Type and Number of Resources and the Performance of Early internationalizing South Korean SMEs; F.McDonald & T.Park Cyber Space: A Paradigm Shift for International Entrepreneurs Relationships?; T.Sigfusson & S.Harris PART IV: THE NEW PRACTICES OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES; S.Harris Managing Complex Cross-Border Collaborative Projects: Tamer Cavusgil Interviews Four Managers Experienced in Doing; T.Cavusgil & V.Mahnke Managing the Process of Internationalization: Pervez Ghauri Interviews Four Managers Experienced in Doing it; P.Ghauri & S.Harris Practices of Innovation in Mobile Computing Alliances; Y.K.Lew & R.R.Sinkovics